Metallic tie and rail fastener.



PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

R. M. TOY.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

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ROBERT M. TOY, OF JONES STATION, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed January 9, 1907. Serial No. 351,479.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. ToY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Jones Station, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Tieand Rail Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to combined metallic ties and rail fasteners, andthe invention has for its object to provide a novel tie or rail supportparticularly designed for a concrete bed or foundation.

My invention aims to provide a simple and inexpensive rail support, twoof which I use to form a tie or its equivalent. The metallic tie or railsupport is constructed to prevent the lateral or vertical displacementof rails, and to dispense with the renewing of an entire tie or sleeper,when one end thereof has been injured or broken.

The detail construction of my improved metallic tie and rail fastenerwill be presently described and then specifically pointed out in theappended claims, and referring to the drawing forming part of thisspecification, like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail support and fastenerconstituting one end of a tie or sleeper, Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view.

In the accompanying drawing, I have simply illustrated one of the railsupports and fasteners constituting a tie or sleeper, it being apparentthat in order to support two rails that form a track, it is necessary touse two of the rail supports and fasteners. In connection with the railsupports and fasteners, I preferably use a concrete bed or foundation,thereby increasing the efiiciency and duration of roadbeds anddispensing with the use of ballast commonly employed for retaining tiesor sleepers in position:

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated a portion of a concretebed or foundation 1 in which is embedded the lower half of the railsupport. The rail support embodies a base plate 2 of substantially theshape of a truncated rectangular pyramid, a central standard or column 3and a rail chair 4. The chair 4 is formed at its one side with anintegral fish bar or plate 5 having a central opening 6 in its webportion. The opposite side of the chair 4 is formed with pierced lugs 7between which is pivotally mounted a fish bar or plate 8 of a lesslength than the fish bar or plate 5. The fish bar;8

has its web portion provided with an opening 9 and adapted to passthrough said opening, and the opening 6, is a bolt 10 said bolt passingthrough the web of a rail 11 seated upon the chair 4. An ordinary nut 12is then used to lock the rail 11 upon the chair and theffish bar 8 inengagement with said rail. This pyramidal form is designed to impartadditional strength to the structure as a firm foundation for sustainingthe entire weight of the rail, through the agency of the column 3 and bythe chair 4, it being noted that the chair has no contact with orsupport from the concrete body 1.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, itwill be observed that the chair 4 is of sufficient length to form asolid seat for a rail and in this connection the parts of my inventionmay be slightly modified, whereby the confronting ends of two rails canbe readily secured upon the chair 4 by simply providing the fish bars 5and 8 with two sets of openings.

I do not care to confine myself to the material from which the railsupport and fastener is made, or to its size and minor details ofconstruction.

Such changes as are permissible by the appended claims, may be resortedto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a rail support, and fastener, the combination with a concretefoundation, of a rectangular pyramidic shape base plate, a standardcarried centrally thereof, a chair carried by said standard free fromcontact with said foundation and having an integral fish bar adapted toembrace one side of a rail, a fish bar pivotally mounted at the oppositeside of said chair, and adapted to embrace the opposite side of a rail,and means to secure said fish bars to the web portion of a rail,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses:

ROBERT M. TOY.

Witnesses:

DANIEL TAYLOR, ELSIE BRINKER. v

